Publication
VICE
Magazine and media brand that began in Montreal in 1994 as a small free publication rooted in punk, street culture and deliberately provocative first-person journalism.
Overview
VICE
VICE began in Montreal in 1994 and evolved from a local alternative publication into a glossy magazine and, later, a much broader international media organisation. The magazine’s tone mixed subculture, fashion, music, sex, drugs, politics and immersive reporting, often using irreverence and confrontation as part of its editorial identity.
Why it matters
Within TMR, VICE represents a shift from late-twentieth-century free magazine culture into early internet-era global youth media, and the way alternative editorial voice could become a large cross-platform brand.
Associated people
Suroosh Alvi, Shane Smith & Gavin McInnesFounding figures associated with the original magazine
Coverage
The Material Record
36 objects
TMR holdings represented across 2003–2022.
TMR-000357VICE Vol. 1 · No. 4June 20038.5 / 10TMR-000754VICE Vol. 1 No. 10December 2003 (UK edition; provisional; global Heroes Issue package published 30 November 2003)8.8 / 10TMR-000776VICE Vol. 1 No. 22003 (UK local month not established)★ 9.3 / 10TMR-000360VICE Vol. 2 · No. 5June 2004 (provisional)★ 9 / 10TMR-000555VICE Vol. 2 · No. 11Late 2004 (global Volume 11 Issue 10 editorial package published 30 November 2004; UK local month not printed)8.8 / 10TMR-000753VICE Vol. 2 No. 32004 (UK edition; exact local month unverified; corresponding global Travel Issue package archived 30 November 2004)★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000361VICE Vol. 2 · No. 72004 (month not stated)8.9 / 10TMR-000359VICE Vol. 3 · No. 5June 2005 (provisional)8.5 / 10TMR-001010VICE Vol. 3 No. 9October 2005 (supported by contemporary reaction and UK listings; month not physically printed)★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000556VICE Vol. 3 · No. 11December 2005 (provisional)8.7 / 10TMR-000775VICE Vol. 3 No. 102005 (UK local month not established from supplied evidence)8.8 / 10TMR-000749VICE Vol. 3 No. 12January 2006 (UK edition; provisional; global Tidbits package published 30 November 2005)8.8 / 10TMR-000750VICE Vol. 4 No. 1January 2006 (UK edition; provisional; core Barra package published online 31 December 2005)★ 9 / 10TMR-000358VICE Vol. 1 · No. 8 (German Edition)April 2006 (global issue chronology; German local month not printed)8.5 / 10TMR-000751VICE Vol. 4 No. 82006 (UK edition; exact local month not printed; global Stories Issue package published 31 July 2006)8.8 / 10TMR-000752VICE Vol. 4 No. 12Late 2006 / early 2007 (UK edition; exact local month unverified; global fiction package published 30 November 2006)★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000018VICE Vol. 4 · No. 220067.4 / 10TMR-000777VICE Vol. 4 No. 32006 (UK local month not established)8.8 / 10TMR-000778VICE Vol. 4 No. 62006 (exact UK month not established)8.8 / 10TMR-001009VICE Vol. 5 No. 22007 (UK month not printed; March 2007 in UK resale catalogues; corresponding global editorial February 2007)★ 9.3 / 10TMR-001011VICE Vol. 6 No. 6July 2008 worldwide launch issue (UK copy undated; corresponding global VICE Vol. 15 Issue 6 online June 2008)★ 9.7 / 10TMR-000560VICE Vol. 6 · No. 8September 2008 (UK edition; global Volume 15 Issue 8 editorial package)★ 9 / 10TMR-001008VICE Vol. 7 No. 62009 (UK issue month unprinted; UK specialist listings July; international package June 2009)★ 9.2 / 10TMR-000773VICE Vol. 8 No. 4April 2010 (corresponding global editorial package; UK local month not printed in supplied evidence)8.9 / 10TMR-000558VICE Vol. 8 · No. 8August 2010 (global Anti-Music Issue; UK local month not printed)★ 9 / 10TMR-000779The World According to VICE4 November 2010★ 9.2 / 10TMR-000554VICE Vol. 10 · No. 2February 20128.2 / 10TMR-000772VICE Vol. 11 No. 11Late 2013 (UK physical month not printed in supplied evidence; corresponding global editorial package December 2013)★ 9 / 10TMR-000559VICE Vol. 21 · No. 4April 2014★ 9 / 10TMR-000553VICE Vol. 12 · No. 5June 2014 (UK edition; provisional exact month)8.7 / 10TMR-000774VICE Vol. 12 No. 9September 2014 (corresponding global editorial package; UK local month not printed in supplied evidence)★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000552VICE Vol. 12 · No. 11Late 2014 (exact UK month unverified)8.8 / 10TMR-000557VICE Vol. 13 · No. 1January 20158.5 / 10TMR-000771VICE Vol. 14 No. 4June 2016★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000770VICE Vol. 14 No. 9 (UK Edition)December 20168.4 / 10TMR-000563VICE Distribution2022 (provisional)8.8 / 10